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John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906)
Palmer, John Williamson. An American physician and miscellaneous writer; born in Baltimore, MD, April 4, 1825; died on Feb. 26, 1906. In 1870 he settled in New York; subsequently was connected with the staff of the Century Dictionary. Among his writings are: ‘The Golden Dagon; or, Up and Down the Irrawaddi’ (1853); ‘The New and the Old; or, California and India in Romantic Aspects’ (1859); ‘After his Kind, by John Coventry,’ a novel (1886); and ‘Stonewall Jackson’s Way,’ which was one of the most popular ballads of the Civil War.